"مجلد I مذكرات بخصوص بلاد فارس والمنطقة الحدودية الشمالية الغربية. ١٩٠٥." [و‎‎١‎٢‎٤] (٣١٠/٢٥٢)

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c, . :—, xourau uemes that the
oeistan branch of the bank has ever refused to
accept the notes of the Imperial Bank (see
last Journal). v
The 1 orsian Government has received a
telegram from the Grand Vizier, stating that
ie Shah refuses to accept the Seistan water
award, on the ground that the inhabitants
ot Seistan do not consider it fair. Nothin^
can be done to induce the Shah to reconsider
his decision until he returns to Tehran,
where he is expected early in October; but,
meanwhile, the Mushir-ed-Dowleh has been
informed that, after all the expense and
trouble incurred, His Majesty’s decision will
give dissatisfaction to the British Government.
It is, however, satisfactory to know that the
official deputed by the Persian Government to
Seistan to enquire into the alleged complaints
of the inhabitants is a competent engineer and
friendly to British interests.
In reply to His Excellency the Viceroy’s
letter of the 11th August (see last Journal),
the Amir has written, declining to accept
clause V of Colonel McMahon’s water award,
which provided for the permanent posting of
a British irrigation officer in Seistan. His
Highness deprecates the appointment of an
irrigation officer on the ground that, if given
the power of free movement, this officer might
come to harm at the hands of the Afghan
tribesmen, and so bring discredit on the
Afghan Government; he further considers
that, if the border officials are supplied with
good maps, they will be able to deal with ordi
nary questions, and in case of a serious dispute
a British officer could be specially deputed to
settle the case. A telegram from Captain
Macpherson, dated the 27th September, states
that, owing to a satisfactory rise in the Hel-
mand, the prospect of serious diturbances
over the distribution of the water, which he
had been anticipating, is considerably lessened.
AFGHANISTAN.
^fer^.—The Governor of Herat has sent
his Munshi, with 200 sowars, to march the
frontier between Ghorian and Dahana Zulfikar.
The Hussians are said to be uneasy at this
move.
Kandahar.—The Afghan officials at
Kandahar do not appear so keen now about
the repatriation of the Hazaras (see last